It is in 2004 that the old factory Belding Corticelli has been shut down. Since then, it has been abandoned and floors has been waved at the mercy of weather that infiltrate by the roof and windows. Long time ago, there has been manufactured...
Victim of the globalization of markets, the history of Stelfil Ltd. has suddenly stopped on March 28, 2008 for the factory and its hundred employees. The company has been decorated in 2002 in the Great manufacturing company category by the Mouvement québécois de la qualité and its future looked very promising after several years of unprofitability. But, on November 3, 2005, the worldwide leader, Mittal Steel (now ArcelorMittal) announced its acquisition. Then, three years later, the factory is closed. Official reason: consolidate another Mittal plant, located on the Saint-Patrick street, few kilometers from there.
What was manufactured at the Stelfil? The name says so. Wires of high and low carbon content, armature wires, closing wires, strand wires, etc.. In short, they were produced 84 000 tons per year. 24 hours per day, seven days a week. In 2002, at the time of being rewarded, 251 employees and 32 managers was working there.
Founded in 1872, the Dominion (Stelfil Ltd.) became the Dominion Wire Manufacturing Company in 1883 when it have been moved to the current location. More than a hundred years of history reduced to a vast empty warehouse in a few years.
Today, it doesn't remains a lot of thing inside. Apart from a few tires, old barrels and other trash, the place is empty. The tour is not worth so much trouble. We toured pretty quickly. There are input via the nearby business that earns you a few little shivers (lots of signs saying that the place is under surveillance and a sheet in the window with the header of a company repeatedly cited during the Charbonneau commission for its links with organized crime), but that's all.
It is in 2004 that the old factory Belding Corticelli has been shut down. Since then, it has been abandoned and floors has been waved at the mercy of weather that infiltrate by the roof and windows. Long time ago, there has been manufactured...
Located in Gloversville near Albany NY, this abandoned factory is ready to crumble. Before 1870, Gloversville was a small village called Stump City. When it became an incorporated village in 1853, the name was changed to Gloversville due to the...
Destroyed by mechanical shovels in 2011, it is a true slice of history of the city of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu who was destroyed that day in February. The adventure of the Singer factory has lasted over 100 years and has gave work to thousand of...
A true emblem of the Old Port of Montreal, it is difficult to miss the Silo # 5, a gigantic concrete structure south of McGill Street. The complex consists of 206 silos and an amalgam of buildings built over a period of more than fifty years,...